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Opinion
Opinion
Richard Maude
Joe Biden cannot afford to repeat Donald Trump’s mistake of leaving Southeast Asia to China
- For all their cautious public remarks, Southeast Asian governments still fret over China’s influence and would welcome a return to US engagement in the region
- A foreign policy better geared to Southeast Asia’s needs is not incompatible with promoting US economic and security national interests or competing with China
Updated: 7:04am, 25 Nov, 2020

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Richard Maude is a senior fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute. He is a former director general of Australia’s Office of National Assessments and deputy secretary in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.